what about someone in a house? the house doesnt get destroyed but sterillized??
High altitude Neutron explosions produce a bright flash that will give 3rd degree burns on exposed human skin, a massive EMP spike, and would throw off a powerful wave of neutron and gamma radiation. These are high-energy short-lived neutrons that can penetrate armor or several meters of earth and are extremely destructive to living tissue. It is possible to shield against the EMP and radiation but your average homes basement would not be enough. Consider also, around 6 months after the blast before you could enter the area (exit bunker) safely with proper PPE. 2 years for limited repopulation with and another 10 years to begin widespread repopulation of the blast area.
Thermonuclear war is a bitch.
i dont think usage of these bombs would preserve infrastructure because ofthe nature of war; no one wants their infrastructure destroyed.
the high-tech international business going on also makes it seem like TNWar would be less sought and totalitarian encroachment would be the tool picked up for domination.
i think about the bioreactor facility being built iin maryland that is huge, able to bus biologics via piping around the lab, just shittons of automation. i see long term plans being made by.. purportedly wise(to world affairs) people.
The development of tactical Neutron Bombs was done with the explicit intent of leaving infrastructure unaffected or as a "area denial" weapon. I only was responding to your comment that "destroying infrastructure is oldschool" implying that Nuclear weapons would not be used do to the widespread destruction of existing infrastructure. That assumption is incorrect.
All of that aside. I tend to agree with you that chemical and biological weapons will be the weapons of choice both due to the negative stigma associated with nuclear weapons and the nature of the modern 6th generation WW3 cold war battlefield.
i dont/cant disagree with your comment.
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